Colts GM dispels rumors that team's sacks leader will be released or traded

6:27 AM,
Mar. 27, 2012

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney

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Ryan Grigson couldn't have been any more direct had he been barking signals during a conference call with local media Monday.

"He's a Colt," the Indianapolis Colts general manager said of Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney. "Period."

With a $14 million base salary and salary cap consequence of $19 million in this, the final season of his contract, there has been speculation Freeney would be released. There have been reports the Colts were seeking to trade him. ...